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5-4 Install a New Windows XP

1. Press to enter BIOS Setup during POST.
2. Insert the Windows installation CD into the optical drive.
3. Set the “1st Boot Device” to “CD/DVD ROM”, save changes and exit the BIOS setup.

4. The computer will reboot, and it will start installing Windows Operating System.
Watch the screen carefully, when the following picture appears, press key

immediately. If you forgot to do this, PC will go to an fatal blue screen, and you
may need to reboot the system again. PC may not respond to your input
immediately, and it keeps loading files until the next screen displays.

Windows Setup

Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.

hen you set the SATA Mode in BIOS to either AHCI or RAID, you need to

follow these steps to install your Windows XP system.

Boot Device Priority

Help Item

1st Boot Device [IDE:DVD-ROM DDU164] Specifies the boot

2nd Boot Device [RAID:Intel TryRAID0]

sequence from the

3rd Boot Device [USB:MITSUMI USB FD] available devices.

A device enclosed in

parenthesis has been

disabled in the

corresponding type

menu.

↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F9:Optimized Defaults

IDE:DVD-ROM DDU164